# cubrir
## Galician
### Alternative forms

* acubrir, cobrir

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cobrir (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin cooperīre. Cognate with Spanish cubrir, Portuguese cobrir, English cover, among others.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kuˈβɾiɾ]

### Verb

cubrir (first-person singular present cubro, third-person singular present cobre, first-person singular preterite cubrín, past participle coberto)
* to cover
    Synonyms: abrigar, tapar
** 1294, J. L. Novo Cazón, editor, El priorato santiaguista de Vilar de Donas en la Edad Media (1194-1500), A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 270:mandolle tomar essa meda do colmo que y se para cobrir esas casas da MerucaI order him to take that stack of thatch which is there to cover Meruca's houses
** 1409, G. Pérez Barcala, editor, A tradución galega do "Liber de medicina equorum" de Joradanus Ruffus, Santiago de Compostela: USC, page 172:filla o vinagre ben forte e a greda alva muda et pouco de sal ben mundo, e amasa todo moi ben ata que se faça ende ũa pasta mole, e desta pasta cubri todolos colloos moi bentake a strong vinegar and ground white clay and a little salt, finely ground, and mix very well everything till it becames a soft paste, and with this paste cover very well the [horse's] bollocks
* to shelter
    Synonyms: abrigar, acubillar, agarimar
* (zoology) to cover, to mount
    Synonym: montar

#### Related terms

* cobertoira
* cobertor
* cobertura
* cuberta
* cuberto
* descubrir
* encubrir

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cobrir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cobrir”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cobrir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cubrir”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cubrir”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish cubrir, cobrir, from Latin cooperīre. Cognate with English cover.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kuˈbɾiɾ/ [kuˈβ̞ɾiɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -iɾ
* Syllabification: cu‧brir

### Verb

cubrir (first-person singular present cubro, first-person singular preterite cubrí, past participle cubierto)
* (transitive) to cover
    Synonym: tapar
* (zoology) to cover, to mount
** 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 66:El Huallepén o Guallipén […] es un animal anfibio muy bravo, fuerte, y huraño , de no más de ochenta centímetros de alto, con cabeza de ternero y cuerpo de oveja. Cubre sorpresivamente a las ovejas y a las vacas, y engendra en ellas hijos de la misma especie de las madres, pero que se señalan por tener torcidas las patas y a veces también el hocico.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (reflexive) to cover oneself
    Synonym: revestir

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

#### Derived terms

* cubreasientos
* cubrecama
* cubreobjetos
* cubreradiadores

#### Related terms

* cobertera
* cobertor
* cubierta
* cubierto
* cubrimiento
* descubrir

### Further reading

* “cubrir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10